About Wilhelmine Heise
Lived 1838 – 1912 (aged 74). Wilhelmine Heise was a Danish landlord and philanthropist.
Vilhelmine (Ville) Heise, also Wilhelmine, née Faber, adopted maiden name Hage, (1838–1912) was a Danish philanthropist who used her inherited fortune to establish sanatoriums at Rydebäck in southern Sweden and at Snekkersten near Helsingør in Denmark. They were initially designed to help children recover from tuberculosis. At Snekkersten, she also established a home for needy officers' widows.
Biography Born out of wedlock on 8 February 1838 in Kiel, Vilhelmine Faber was the daughter of Frederikke Vilhelmine Faber (1810–1891) and of the merchant and politician Anton Alfred Hage (1803–1872). Her mother having been married before, she was not able to marry Hage until 1840.
Although she never publicize her philanthropic works, in 1905 she was awarded the Golden Medal of Merit. She died in Copenhagen on 16 April 1912.
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Danish philanthropist (1838-1912)
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Wilhelmine Heise was born on 8 February 1838 in Kiel.
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Wilhelmine Heise died on 16 April 1912 in Copenhagen.
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